An article by Jonathan Grimes (partner and health and safety expert at lawyers Kingsley Napley) in the online journal The Lawyer concludes that a lack of police powers is preventing effective corporate manslaughter investigations and prosecutions.

Grime concludes that the CMCH offence would “lend ­itself far better to investigation by an agency such as the HSE” and that “until the challenges facing those tasked with investigating the offence are recognised, it is likely that corporate manslaughter prosecutions will ­remain few in number”.